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APRIL 15, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is complete following the addition of the ship's upper bow section on April 9 at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS). The upper bow extends the overall length of the carrier to its full size, ...

APRIL 15, 2013 —Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world's largest shipbuilder, reports that it has developed a high performance Hyundai Membrane LNG Cargo Containment System that has received Design Approval from classification societies including ABS and DNV. The containment system — suitable for LNG car ...

APRIL 15, 2013 — Classification society DNV is offering shipowners support to make newbuilds and existing vessels "LNG ready" with class approved designs, ready for later, simple retrofit of LNG technology. The service enables shipowners to make smart choices and minimal investments now in readiness for when LNG bunkering becomes widely a ...

APRIL 15, 2013 — The  latest quarterly report on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships from the International Maritime Bureau records 66 incidents worldwide in the first three months of 2013, compared with 102 incidents reported for the corresponding period in 2012. IMB advises continued vigilance as maritime piracy atta ...

APRIL 15, 2013 — The Department of State said Friday that the United States is lifting sanctions applied almost two years ago to Tanker Pacific Management (TPM), Société Anonyme Monégasque D'Administration Maritime Et Aérienne (SAMAMA), and Allvale Maritime Inc. (AMI), under the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA). All three comp ...

APRIL 15, 2013 — A series of 27,500 cu.m LNG carriers ordered by Danish operator Evergas, the former Eitzen Carriers, will be equipped with a wide range of Wärtsilä systems and equipment. The ships are being built by China's Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (SOE) and are of a new design, developed in-house by SOE's des ...

APRIL 15, 2013 — Keppel Offshore & Marine has added another jack-up rig to its order book. This brings the group's new orders secured thus far this year to $1.8 billion and its total of jack-ups on order to 21. The latest order, valued at $226 million, is for a KFELS Super B Class unit and comes from Singapore-listed Falcon En ...

APRIL 12, 2013 — Leevac Shipyards Jennings LLC, Jennings, LA, reports that it has signed contracts with Tidewater Marine, LLC, New Orleans, to build two 300 ft x 62 ft x 24 ft diesel electric platform supply vessels. The contract includes options for two additional vessels. The vessels will be built to Leevac Design ...

APRIL 12, 2013 — Harvey, LA, based Inland Salvage, Inc. has completed the salvage of a retired jack-up drilling rig that sank in mid-December. The rig was under tow from Fourchon, LA, to be dismantled in Texas when it began taking on water. Despite being in the crowded waters of the oilfield, the tow captain was able t ...

APRIL 12, 2013 — The International Propeller Club of the Unites States is to honor Representative Elijah Cummings at its annual Salute to Congress Dinner, to be held on May 7th at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA.   The Propeller Club's Salute to Congress dinner is a fixture on the maritime industry's annual Washington ...